Antibody elution rbc reference at CHI Health St. Francis

2620 West Faidley Avenue, Grand Island, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1982675955

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$166.38

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$282.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$48.07 with United vs $364.79 with AMPS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Medicaid|Community Plan $48.07 ↓ -71%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $48.56 ↓ -71%
Medica Commercial|ACO $57.37 ↓ -66%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $57.88 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $60.61 ↓ -64%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $114.95 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|All Plans $131.67 ↓ -21%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $133.76 ↓ -20%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $139.57 ↓ -16%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $139.57 ↓ -16%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $142.30 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $164.32 ↓ -1%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $164.32 ↓ -1%
United Medicare|All Plans $164.32 ↓ -1%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $164.32 ↓ -1%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $169.25 ↑ +2%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $172.54 ↑ +4%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $172.54 ↑ +4%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $173.47 ↑ +4%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $173.47 ↑ +4%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $196.46 ↑ +18%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $196.46 ↑ +18%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $364.79 ↑ +119%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $264.19 $151.36 – $333.68
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $137.34 $57.37 – $277.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $129.20 $16.50 – $87.18
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $137.34 $45.78 – $277.95
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $105.80 $27.36 – $188.60
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $127.82 $14.78 – $66.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $137.34 $55.59 – $277.95
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $172.02 $39.69 – $175.77

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